A Happy Valentine's Day

We had a fun Valentine's Day! We started our morning off with our traditional heart cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Yummy!

 The kids final surprise was a new movie and some candy. 

 We did Tessa's hair in a heart. She loved it and will probably want it like this for the next 2 weeks. 

 She wore as much red and pink as she could find. She was so excited for her Valentine's party at Pre-school!

 Mommy got to go help in Adam's class for his class party. I love that he is still not too cool to run up and hug me in front of everyone. He is always so happy to have me there. Mrs. Riley told me he is the crush boy of the class. 

 With his best buddy, Braxton. They play basketball at every recess.

 I had to put this picture on the blog...I love Gwen's hand! It shows what life is really like at our house. She is into everything! Especially everything she shouldn't have-like Tessa's Valentine's.

Tessa was so excited to show off all her Valentine's!

 Adam came home with a bag full of goodies!

We had a nice evening at home together. I spent several hours preparing our nice dinner and dessert, but it was yummy and worth the work! We always use our china on Valentine's Day and get as fancy as we can with 3 little ones. 

 On the menu: Chicken Cordon Bleu, White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, Olive Garden Salad, Rolls, Sparkling Cider, and a White Chocolate Brownie Trifle for dessert. It was delicious, if I do say so myself!

I am so lucky to have all of these Valentine's! They make my life a happy one!

Valentine's Day Countdown

Day 10

I "wheelie" like playing with you!

Each of the kids got a new car to race.

 We played some rounds of Valentine's Don't Eat Pete!

 Day 11

You're the "Apple" of my eye!

The kids got some apple and orange juice.

 Day 12

You're O'fishally great kids!

They got goldfish crackers to share.

 We made some heart necklaces. Tessa made a necklace for her favorite Teddy Bear, Ted.

 Day 13

I love you "Beary" much!!

Teddy Grahams! Tessa couldn't be torn away from Tom and Jerry for a picture and Gwen was to interested in the bears on the box to look up.

 We made our favorite sugar cookies and had fun decorating them. 

 Gwen loves cookies! (We love her crazy hair!)

 Tessa said this was her new princess pose.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Last night, we celebrated the Chinese New Year. It is the year of the Snake, so when Adam got home from school, we made some dragon masks and some snakes out of toilet paper rolls. We had fun decorating them and naming them. Both snakes got to join us for dinner. 

 For dinner we had some Lo Mein, Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry, sweet and sour chicken, and fortune cookies for dessert. Adam and Tessa were so excited to use chopsticks at dinner. Daddy gave Adam a quick lesson before we started eating.

 Adam did pretty good picking up the bigger pieces of food. Tessa did her own thing and had us all laughing. Whatever works, I guess! (And notice her plain noodles with parmesan cheese on the side. That's our Tessa Boo.)

Valentine's Day Countdown

Day 6

"You color my world with happiness!"

 For our activity on day 6, we made kiss rings. They wanted to make one for each finger and then spent the afternoon telling each other to kiss their rings. Weirdos! But I'm glad they had fun with them.

 Day 7

"You make life a little sweeter!"

 On Thursday, we made our favorite giant kiss out of rice krispy treats to have for dessert that night. They wasted no time tearing into it when it was time!

 Days 8 & 9

"You make my heart glow" (glow sticks)

and

"You're a great catch! So glad I have you!"

 Friday's activity was writing love notes on our bathroom mirrors. A fun surprise for Daddy to find when he got home from school on Saturday night. 

For Saturday's activity, we got valentine's ready for their classmates. Adam gave everyone in his class a Star Wars valentine and a pack of Kool-aid, and Tessa gave everyone in her class a Cinderella valentine and a bag of popcorn. They put their bags together while they watched the always romantic "Return of the Jedi". I guess Han and Lea do kiss, so that counts for something.

 Gwen was so helpful, as you can imagine!

All ready for Thursday!